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only one day, but also night, and
that is moTe than human endur
ance is equal to. So last evening
I hustled him out to- the corn
crib and put him under lock and
key there.
No windows to get out of, you
know. I gave him to understand
that although these were high
handed proceedings, and a sus
pension of the habeas corpus, it
was the only way to save him and
the farm from fortune huntresses.
Well, he sulked all night behind
the slats of the corn crib like a
captive chimpanzee, and finally
this morning signalled the house
with his handkerchief tied to a
cornstalk. Gleefully I rushed to
the telephone and called up
Cousin Mattie and Cousin Mittie
at the village. "e win, girls!''
I shouted. "Uncle Amos is wav
ing the whiteflag of surrender
from the corn crib."
Uncle Amos wanted to be "let
out of this gol ding prison, right
away," but I was not quite that
easy. "You don't get out, Uncle
Amos," I said firmly, "until you
deed over two-thirds of the farm
to your daughters as a guarantee.
Then we'll see if Doris Willow
plume or any other strange wom
en will be willing to take a chance
at marrying you."
So I hitched up and went to the
village to get Mittie and Mattie,
leaving Uncle Amos still cooped
up to ponder over the way he had
been outgeneraled by his loving
niece, Diana Dillpickles.
(Continued)
MAY SETTLE ENAMELERS'
STRIKEMONDAY
Settlement of the strike of the
iron enamelers-'of the L. Wolff
Mfg. Co. became an immediate
probability today as the result of
a tentative agreement offered by
officials of the company to a com
mittee from the Building Trades
Council and the Chicago Federa
tion of LabjDr, acting for the
strikers-. Final action will be
taken Monday.
Recognition of the union, the
taking back of 100 of the strikers
at once, and the employment of
the others as soon as business
warranted, were the features of
the company proposition. At the
time of the strike the men were
forced to deal with the foremen
as individuals, but under the new
system would treat directly with
the heads of the concern when
any differences arose as to wages
or the sanitary condition of the
factory.
Wage increases and additional
sanitary precautions, which are
asked now by the men, will be
handled through the union after
they return to work if the offer
of the company is accepted.
At a mass meeting of the strik
ers last night labor leaders ex
plained the proposal of the com
pany, and the majority appeared
to favor it. Time was asked to
fully consider the matter, and ar
vote will be taken on its accept--
ance Monday afternon at Liberty!
hall, 1511 Emma street, at
o'clock.